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[Scrapbook Page: Chain Gang]

Scrapbook page with a photograph of several men standing in a loose semi-circle, with two hounds in the foreground. Horses hitched to wagons are visible in the background. A handwritten note below the image says "About 60 yrs ago, people who were picked up and put in jail worked their fines out by working on the roads. They were chained together while they worked. And bloodhounds were carried along. (This picture brot. [sic] by the "Rose Twins" Bertie & Myrtle, 1960)." We think that this mi… more

Date: [1890,1900]

Item Type: Text

Partner: Denton Public Library

[The Star-Vindicator.] (San Marcos, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1890

Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Date: December 18, 1890

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Texas State University

[Unknown Man in Uniform]

Photograph of a man in a a dark uniform with two piping stripes at the collar. The man's identity is unknown, but may be Jens Berndt.

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Portrait of Jens Lauritzen]

Photograph of a man in a sailor uniform. This man is Jens Lauritzen.

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Jens and Paul Berndt]

Photograph of two men in suits, one sitting and the other standing with a hand on the other's shoulder. Jens and Paul Berndt were bothers of Helvig Berndt. They first came to Wisner, Nebraska then moved to Danevang, Texas. Paul then moved to South Dakota.

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Lauritz, Niels, and Otto Lauritzen]

Photograph of an older man and two boys surrounding a small table. The man on the left is Lauritz Lauritzen, the father of Laura Lauritzen Berndt. Two of his five sons, Niels and Otto, stand and sit at the table.

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Lauritz, Niels, and Otto Lauritzen 2]

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Portrait of Mary Myrtle Wright]

Portrait of Mary Myrtle Wright, wearing a white dinner gown trimmed with possibly chenille or lace. The sleeves of the dress have small puffs at the shoulders. She is standing with her left hand on her hip, wearing fingerless mitts.

Date: 1890~

Creator: Jones Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Denton Public Library

[Portrait of Henry B. Selby]

Portrait of Henry B. Selby with a white beard and wearing a suit and Albert watch chain.

Date: 1890~

Creator: Kirkness Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Denton Public Library

[Portrait of Richard Wesley Prater]

Portrait of Richard Wesley Prater with a thick beard and wearing a suit and tie. Richard was a farmer living in Garden Valley, Texas, at the time this photograph was taken. He and his wife, Margaret Almeda Harpole, had twelve children.

Date: [1890..1900]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Denton Public Library

[Rosenberg Depot 4]

Photograph of a one story stucco with pitch roof, flat portion at the west facade, steeped facade at east and center of side facades with railroad emblem. "Rosenburg" is carved in the west gable. Carts loaded with boxed goods and men standing beside them lay behind the track of rail in the foreground.

Date: 1890~

Creator: Southern Pacific & Santa Fe Railroad

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Fort Bend County Libraries

[Photograph of Janie Walker and Friend]

Photograph of two women standing on the S. D. Lawrence property with a mule barn and buggy in the background. The woman on the right is identified as Janie Smith Walker.

Date: [1890..1910]

Creator: Lawrence, W. E.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

[Portrait of John Walker]

Portrait of John Walker in a suit standing beside a chair and holding a hat.

Date: [1890..1895]

Creator: Smith, W. B.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

[Portrait of a Woman]

Portrait of a woman with light hair wearing a dark dress.

Date: [1890..1900]

Creator: Swem, T. M.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

[Portrait of Eddie Lawrence]

Portrait of Eddie Lawrence as a baby wearing a white gown.

Date: [1890..1910]

Creator: The Cottage Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

[Photograph of Garland Downtown Square]

Photograph of Garland's downtown square, filled with wagons and horses, with Citizens National Bank visible on the left.

Date: [1890..1910]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

[Photograph of Paint and Lumber Stores]

Photograph of two buildings with men on horse-drawn wagons between them. One of the buildings says "Lowe Bros Paint," and the other says "John E. Quarles Co. Lumber"

Date: [1890..1915]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.

[Portrait of the Daniel Givens Walker Family]

Portrait of the Daniel Givens Walker family. Seated in the middle is Mary Jane Surber Walker Elder, widow of Daniel Walker, mother of John W. Walker, and grandmother of Louisa Hill Walker Lawrence. Pictured with her are her children, four women and three men.

Date: [1890..1910]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Historic Mesquite, Inc.